One in two voters in the North Jutland ‘heartland’ have lost confidence in Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt. A new poll shows that just 23 per cent would back the Social Democrat leader to…

Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt denied last night that she has ‘let down’ voters and betrayed Social Democrat principles. In an interview on Danish TV to mark the first anniversary of the government, she…

The government would be relinquishing sovereignty if Denmark joins the EU Commission’s single supervisory authority for banks, which should therefore trigger off an immediate referendum according to the Danish People’s Party (DPP) MEP…

Fights broke out after a peaceful demonstration outside the US Embassy in Copenhagen, Sunday, against the US-produced film, ‘Innocence of Muslims’ that’s sparked off riots throughout the Middle East. A spokesman for Hizb-ut-Tahrir,…

Gambia has suspended the planned execution of 47 death row inmates, including a man who’s married to a Danish woman and has a Danish child. President Yahya Jammeh sparked international outrage when he…

If Denmark wants to attract the new stream of affluent tourists, mainly from China, then it needs to think big – specifically, by building an amusement park based on 19th-century writer Hans Christian…

According to a new report, social-assistance recipients are receiving more penalties, and the system discriminates particularly against men, who receive harsher punishments. The Labour Market Board said that the number of economic sanctions…

The attack on the US embassy in Libya and the murder of the American ambassador earlier this week has prompted Danish embassies in the region to closely monitor the situation, although the Danish…

The European Commission is ready to give 7.4 million euros from the EU’s so-called ‘globalisation fund’ to 720 former Vestas employees.  The European Fund for Adjustment to Globalisation (EGF) provides support to employees…

Amnesty International has accused the Danish government of wasting millions of kroner and breaking promises in the course of supposedly helping rejected Iraqi asylum seekers voluntarily leave Denmark. According to Amnesty International, the…